MCN Newswire: Weighing In on a Mega-Merger; Raycom Stations Dark To DirecTV Customers; FS1-Dish Flap Brings Conversion Fees To Fore

Top Stories - September 02, 2014 Weighing In on a Mega-Merger Comcast-TWC deal critics and fans pile on with remarks at the FCC. more Raycom Stations Dark To DirecTV Customers Summer may be unofficially over but the retrans blackout season is beginning to heat up, with about 53 stations owned by Montgomery, Ala. -based broadcaster Raycom Media going dark to DirecTV customers on Sept. 1. more FS1-Dish Flap Brings Conversion Fees to Fore A rift between Dish Network and Fox Sports 1 over a handful of college-football games that were scheduled to air over the Labor Day weekend put a spotlight on an often-overlooked aspect of carriage negotiations: the hidden costs associated with the conversion of a cable network to a new format. more Four Originals in Lineup Draw Viewers to CMT Party CMT was hoping its viewers would party down with the network more often this summer when it launched its first four-night lineup of original programming. more MCN Innovator Awards Bow At 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Saluting the best and brightest in technology, NewBay Media, parent of Multichannel News, is introducing a new awards program at the 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo next month. more Video/Blogs MCN Hot Spot TV One's 'Girlfriends' Getaway' Translation Please, Leslie Ellis Downloads From WICT Philly's 'Tech It Out' Cable WiFi Binge The Bauminator, Jeff Baumgartner Amazon Livens Up Its Streaming Share On The Money, Mike Farrell L.A. Providers Scrimmage Over Sports Next TV Summit San Francisco Click to Register News Envivio Courts The Cloud A+E Networks Eyeing 10% Stake In Vice Deal or No Deal? Sports-Stats Sync Startup Develops Apps for X1 Cox Makes Its Own Campus Connection Altitude Inks Multiyear Extension With Comcast Review: History's 'Houdini' 2014 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo News Call For Nominations: 2015 'Wonder Women' Production Manager - WUCF TV - Orlando, FL General Sales Manager - WOI-TV - Des Moines, IA Rentention Specialist - Cable TV Company - Milwaukee, WI Retention Specialist - Cable TV Company - Milwaukee, WI Broadcast Engineer - RNN TV - New York See all career listings here.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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